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James Martin (chef)
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James Martin is an English
cook who first appeared on television
in 1996.
in 1996 with various programmes including "James Martin: Yorkshire's Finest" (set in various Yorkshire
locations with an emphasis on Yorkshire cuisine
) but came to wider public attention on the BBC 2 programme Ready Steady Cook
. In 2005 Martin was partnered with Camilla Dallerup
in Strictly Come Dancing
, a celebrity ballroom dancing TV show, coming fourth.
Martin co-presented BBC Food
's "Stately Suppers" with Alistair Appleton, and then appeared on the Channel 4
programme Richard & Judy
, where he would visit a member of the public in their own home who had been nominated to be cooked a 'comfort food
' meal. He is now the presenter of the new version of the BBC 1 show Saturday Kitchen
, which is being made by Cactus TV
, the company behind the "Richard & Judy" show.
In 2007 he starred in a BBC 2 series named Sweet Baby James (named in reference to the James Taylor song
) in which he focused on dessert
s, pudding
s and cake
s while visiting places from his culinary past that have inspired his recipe
s. Upcoming chef Will Torrent appeared as his assistant.
Martin appeared on Blue Peter
in April 2007 on Can You Cook It? being a celebrity judge
choosing the new Blue Peter "Junior Chef".
In June and July 2007, he appeared co-hosting the 12 Yard
series The Great British Village Show on BBC 1. He finished off the year with a series on UKTV Food
called James Martin's Christmas Feasts.
He filmed a 30 part series for the BBC in 2007 called Eating with the Enemy which was held back for a year before finally being broadcast in July and August 2008.
James Martin holds the world record for carrot
chopping in which he peeled and chopped 515g of carrots in one minute, during a Ready Steady Cook Children in Need
Special.
.
In 2009, Martin wrote in his column that he deliberately drove an electric Tesla Roadster
in a manner that startled two cyclists causing a “look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge”. Following criticism from cycling groups and professionals such as Bradley Wiggins
and Stuart O'Grady
, he apologized for the statements. Complaints said that the driving was illegal and dangerous.
In 2008, Martin released the Cuisina by James Martin range of appliances that he personally helped to design. The range was launched by Premium Appliance Brands having been designed with the aid of Bigblue Product Design.
In 2003, Martin released the Stellar James Martin range of cookware that he designed and styled in collaboration with Stellar.
, Leeds
on Saturday 9 April 2011.
, Malton, North Yorkshire, which started his interest in cuisine. His mother also worked at Castle Howard. Martin has a passion for performance cars which led to him entering a vintage Maserati in the 2008 Mille Miglia
. This was televised on 28 December 2008. He failed to complete the race.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cook who first appeared on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
in 1996.
Television career
He first started to appear on televisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
in 1996 with various programmes including "James Martin: Yorkshire's Finest" (set in various Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
locations with an emphasis on Yorkshire cuisine
Cuisine
Cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific culture. Cuisines are often named after the geographic areas or regions that they originate from...
) but came to wider public attention on the BBC 2 programme Ready Steady Cook
Ready Steady Cook
Ready Steady Cook was a BBC daytime TV cooking programme it first debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last edition was broadcast on the 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott became the new host...
. In 2005 Martin was partnered with Camilla Dallerup
Camilla Dallerup
Camilla Dallerup is a British-based Danish ballroom dancer, dance teacher and model.-Dance career:Dallerup started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her to her first class in Aalborg. She won the Danish Junior Championships at the age of 12...
in Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
, a celebrity ballroom dancing TV show, coming fourth.
Martin co-presented BBC Food
BBC Food
BBC Food was the name of the BBC's international commercial television channel focusing solely on food until it was replaced in the television markets it was broadcast by BBC Lifestyle. The channel was owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, the BBC's commercial arm.The channel launched in June 2002...
's "Stately Suppers" with Alistair Appleton, and then appeared on the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
programme Richard & Judy
Richard & Judy
Richard & Judy was a British magazine/chat show which was presented by married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. It originally aired on Channel 4 from 2001 to 2008 but later moved to digital channel Watch in October 2008. It featured the world's most famous stars, along with their Book Club...
, where he would visit a member of the public in their own home who had been nominated to be cooked a 'comfort food
Comfort food
Comfort food is food prepared traditionally that may have a nostalgic or sentimental appeal. Comfort foods may be foods that have a nostalgic element either to an individual or a specific culture...
' meal. He is now the presenter of the new version of the BBC 1 show Saturday Kitchen
Saturday Kitchen
Saturday Kitchen Live is a 90 minute cookery programme, which is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday mornings. It is currently presented by James Martin; previous presenters have included Antony Worrall Thompson and Gregg Wallace. The programme is currently produced by Cactus TV...
, which is being made by Cactus TV
Cactus TV
Cactus TV is an English based television show production company.They produce the shows Richard & Judy for Watch, and "Saturday Kitchen" for BBC One.-Company:...
, the company behind the "Richard & Judy" show.
In 2007 he starred in a BBC 2 series named Sweet Baby James (named in reference to the James Taylor song
Sweet Baby James
Sweet Baby James is singer-songwriter James Taylor's second album, and his first release on Warner Bros. Records. Released in February 1970, it showcased Taylor's talents and showed the direction he would take in the early 1970s with the expansion of his career. The album featured one of Taylor's...
) in which he focused on dessert
Dessert
In cultures around the world, dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food. The word comes from the French language as dessert and this from Old French desservir, "to clear the table" and "to serve." Common Western desserts include cakes, biscuits,...
s, pudding
Pudding
Pudding most often refers to a dessert, but it can also be a savory dish.In the United States, pudding characteristically denotes a sweet milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, though it may also refer to other types such as bread and rice pudding.In the United Kingdom and...
s and cake
Cake
Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet and enriched baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape...
s while visiting places from his culinary past that have inspired his recipe
Recipe
A recipe is a set of instructions that describe how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.-Components:Modern culinary recipes normally consist of several components*The name of the dish...
s. Upcoming chef Will Torrent appeared as his assistant.
Martin appeared on Blue Peter
Blue Peter
Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time...
in April 2007 on Can You Cook It? being a celebrity judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
choosing the new Blue Peter "Junior Chef".
In June and July 2007, he appeared co-hosting the 12 Yard
12 Yard
12 Yard Productions is a British television production company, founded by David Young and specialising in the game show genre. Its productions have included In It To Win It, Eggheads, The Rich List, and the critically acclaimed Without Prejudice?...
series The Great British Village Show on BBC 1. He finished off the year with a series on UKTV Food
UKTV Food
Good Food is a lifestyle channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 5 November 2001 and relaunched in its current format on 22 June 2009. Good Food is available on satellite through Sky and on cable services, primarily...
called James Martin's Christmas Feasts.
He filmed a 30 part series for the BBC in 2007 called Eating with the Enemy which was held back for a year before finally being broadcast in July and August 2008.
James Martin holds the world record for carrot
Carrot
The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist. It has a crisp texture when fresh...
chopping in which he peeled and chopped 515g of carrots in one minute, during a Ready Steady Cook Children in Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
Special.
Journalism
Martin writes a motoring column for UK newspaper The Mail on SundayThe Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
.
In 2009, Martin wrote in his column that he deliberately drove an electric Tesla Roadster
Tesla Roadster
The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle sports car produced by the electric car firm Tesla Motors in California. The Roadster was the first highway-capable all-electric vehicle in serial production available in the United States. Since 2008 Tesla has sold 2,024 Roadsters in 30 countries...
in a manner that startled two cyclists causing a “look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge”. Following criticism from cycling groups and professionals such as Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
and Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
, he apologized for the statements. Complaints said that the driving was illegal and dangerous.
Product range
In 2003, Martin released the Stellar James Martin range of cookware that he designed and styled in collaboration with Stellar.
Restaurant
James Martin opened his restaurant, called "The Leeds Kitchen", inside the Alea Casino at Clarence DockClarence Dock (Leeds)
Clarence Dock is a shopping and leisure destination in central Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It also hosts a large residential population in waterside apartments, as well as a significant office presence....
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
on Saturday 9 April 2011.
Personal life
At the age of ten years old Martin helped his father in the kitchen at Castle HowardCastle Howard
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, north of York. One of the grandest private residences in Britain, most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh...
, Malton, North Yorkshire, which started his interest in cuisine. His mother also worked at Castle Howard. Martin has a passion for performance cars which led to him entering a vintage Maserati in the 2008 Mille Miglia
Mille Miglia
The Mille Miglia was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 ....
. This was televised on 28 December 2008. He failed to complete the race.